Margaret Corlett Kopp

Heart Attack Fatal to Well Known Cedar Matron

Mrs. Margaret Corlett Kopp, 64, died suddenly Wednesday morning from a heart attack, her
sudden death coming as a severe shock to her many friends in Cedar City and southern Utah.

Mrs. Kopp awakened early Wednesday morning and complained of a pain in her stomach.
However, after arising and moving about the house, she reported feeling better. About an
hour later her husband, Joseph A. Kopp, found her dead in her chair, the lady apparently
having passed away peacefully and without suffering.

Margaret (Maggie, as she was familiarly known) was born on April 25, 1874 in Hamilton's
Fort, a daughter of James C. and Mary Corry Corlett, early pioneers of southern Utah.
Her mother was among the first while children born in Utah, and was an active pioneer
leader in southern Utah. She was the first telegraph operator in Cedar City, and also
handled all secretarial work in connection with Cedar City's project of providing the
first building for the Branch Agricultural College.

The deceased came to Cedar City with her parents when she was a child and spent her
youth here. In 1895 she was married to Simeon Simkins at Cedar City. Mr. Simkins died
in 1902 and his widow married Joseph A. Kopp on June 3, 1906 in Beaver. They made their
home in Milford until 1910, moving to Los Angeles in that year. In 1913 they came to
Cedar City and Mr. Kopp established his garage business, and have resided here since, both
of them taking an active part in civic and church affairs, Mrs. Kopp taking a particularly
active part in Relief Society affairs.